Post by RockoRoll on May 14, 2011 8:27:20 GMT -5
Red Rose Speedway
Released: 4 May 1973 (UK)
30 April 1973 (US)
Recorded: March - June &
September - October 1972 in Los Angeles and at Olympic Studios: Barnes
Genre Rock: Pop rock
Length: 42:13
Label: Apple/EMI (original release)
Columbia (1979 US reissue)
Producer: Paul and Linda McCartney
Red Rose Speedway is the second album by Paul McCartney & Wings, officially credited to "Paul McCartney & Wings" upon its 1973 release, after the relatively weak commercial performance of the band's debut Wild Life, which had been credited only to the then-unknown Wings. The album was engineered by Alan Parsons. The album reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard charts. As of 2010, the album is out-of-print on the CD format. However, it is currently available on the iTunes store.
In early 1972, McCartney decided to expand Wings to a five-piece band, by adding an additional guitarist, and to begin touring with the group. The group spent many months on the road across Europe, beginning with a tour of British universities, and continuing in the summer in bigger European venues - where Paul and wife Linda McCartney would encounter their first of several marijuana busts over the ensuing years. Both tours were bookended by Red Rose Speedway's long string of studio sessions, which started that March in Los Angeles and finished in London that October.
Despite not releasing an album in 1972, the first year of his professional career that McCartney had failed to do so, Wings managed to release three singles: "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (banned by the BBC for political reasons); "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (an updated rendition of the nursery rhyme); and "Hi, Hi, Hi" (banned by the BBC for alleged sexual references) backed with "C Moon". Consistent with the practice of the early Beatles, none of those songs was included on the album.
Red Rose Speedway was initially planned as a double album, and Paul McCartney decided to include some unreleased songs that had originally been recorded during the Ram sessions, prior to the formation of Wings. Two of those songs ("Get On the Right Thing" and "Little Lamb Dragonfly") eventually appeared on the final album, which was held up a further six months before appearing as a single record. It featured a 12-page booklet stapled into the gatefold featuring pictures from the Wings tours.
In March 1973 "My Love", the only single from Red Rose Speedway, was released. It became a UK Top 10 hit and McCartney's second US #1, as well as an enduring love song (written for Linda). It raised expectations for the album, which shot to #5 in the UK when it appeared and went to #1 in the US. Still, the critical reception was mixed.
"Live and Let Die", the title song to the James Bond film of the same name, was recorded during the sessions for this album, but would eventually be released on the Live and Let Die soundtrack LP.
Its cover design - with the cover shot by Linda McCartney - was by Eduardo Paolozzi, while the back cover of the album contains a Braille message of "We love ya baby" for Stevie Wonder.
Original LP Recording
Originally Red Rose Speedway was planned to be released as a 2 LP set. This is the tracklisting from the acetates dated Dec.13 1972 of the early incarnation of the album. Most tracks left off the released version ended up on B-sides but some are still unreleased (except on bootlegs).
Side 1:
Big Barn Bed
My Love
When The Night
Single Pigeon
Side 2:
Tragedy -unreleased
Mama's Little Girl
Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)
I Would Only Smile -unreleased
Side 3:
Country Dreamer
Night Out -unreleased
One More Kiss
Jazz Street -unreleased
Side 4:
I Lie Around
Little Lamb Dragonfly
Get On The Right Thing
1882 -unreleased 1972 live version
The Mess I'm In -1972 live version
Released: 4 May 1973 (UK)
30 April 1973 (US)
Recorded: March - June &
September - October 1972 in Los Angeles and at Olympic Studios: Barnes
Genre Rock: Pop rock
Length: 42:13
Label: Apple/EMI (original release)
Columbia (1979 US reissue)
Producer: Paul and Linda McCartney
Red Rose Speedway is the second album by Paul McCartney & Wings, officially credited to "Paul McCartney & Wings" upon its 1973 release, after the relatively weak commercial performance of the band's debut Wild Life, which had been credited only to the then-unknown Wings. The album was engineered by Alan Parsons. The album reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard charts. As of 2010, the album is out-of-print on the CD format. However, it is currently available on the iTunes store.
In early 1972, McCartney decided to expand Wings to a five-piece band, by adding an additional guitarist, and to begin touring with the group. The group spent many months on the road across Europe, beginning with a tour of British universities, and continuing in the summer in bigger European venues - where Paul and wife Linda McCartney would encounter their first of several marijuana busts over the ensuing years. Both tours were bookended by Red Rose Speedway's long string of studio sessions, which started that March in Los Angeles and finished in London that October.
Despite not releasing an album in 1972, the first year of his professional career that McCartney had failed to do so, Wings managed to release three singles: "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (banned by the BBC for political reasons); "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (an updated rendition of the nursery rhyme); and "Hi, Hi, Hi" (banned by the BBC for alleged sexual references) backed with "C Moon". Consistent with the practice of the early Beatles, none of those songs was included on the album.
Red Rose Speedway was initially planned as a double album, and Paul McCartney decided to include some unreleased songs that had originally been recorded during the Ram sessions, prior to the formation of Wings. Two of those songs ("Get On the Right Thing" and "Little Lamb Dragonfly") eventually appeared on the final album, which was held up a further six months before appearing as a single record. It featured a 12-page booklet stapled into the gatefold featuring pictures from the Wings tours.
In March 1973 "My Love", the only single from Red Rose Speedway, was released. It became a UK Top 10 hit and McCartney's second US #1, as well as an enduring love song (written for Linda). It raised expectations for the album, which shot to #5 in the UK when it appeared and went to #1 in the US. Still, the critical reception was mixed.
"Live and Let Die", the title song to the James Bond film of the same name, was recorded during the sessions for this album, but would eventually be released on the Live and Let Die soundtrack LP.
Its cover design - with the cover shot by Linda McCartney - was by Eduardo Paolozzi, while the back cover of the album contains a Braille message of "We love ya baby" for Stevie Wonder.
Original LP Recording
Originally Red Rose Speedway was planned to be released as a 2 LP set. This is the tracklisting from the acetates dated Dec.13 1972 of the early incarnation of the album. Most tracks left off the released version ended up on B-sides but some are still unreleased (except on bootlegs).
Side 1:
Big Barn Bed
My Love
When The Night
Single Pigeon
Side 2:
Tragedy -unreleased
Mama's Little Girl
Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)
I Would Only Smile -unreleased
Side 3:
Country Dreamer
Night Out -unreleased
One More Kiss
Jazz Street -unreleased
Side 4:
I Lie Around
Little Lamb Dragonfly
Get On The Right Thing
1882 -unreleased 1972 live version
The Mess I'm In -1972 live version